But whichever way you choose to procure your oil, the costs are
going to be different.

On Monday, the price of West Texas Intermediate oil — the US
benchmark price — traded
below $53 a barrel for the first time since May 2009,
bringing WTI's decline to nearly 50% from its June highs. And as
the price of oil has declined, many have asked what the "breakeven"
price is for various oil projects around the world.